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The  University  of  Nebraska 


The  Schools  of  Agriculture,  Sugar  Industry, 

Mechanic  Arts,  Domestic  Science, 

art,  and  Music 

Special  Collegiate  Courses 


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numbers  in  each  collegiate  year. 

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The  University  Press 

June,  1899 


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CALENDAR 

1899 

September  12,  T.— 15,  F.,  Undergraduate  examinations  and  reg- 

F  istration 

September  16,  S.,  Annual  opening  address  by  the  Chancellor 
November  23,  Th.-24,  F.,  Thanksgiving  recess 
December  12,  T.,  Regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Regents 
December  22,  F.,  First  day  of  Christmas  holidays 

1900 
January  2,  T.,  Last  day  of  Christmas  holidays 
t         'I  92   M-26   F    Final  examinations  of  first  semester  and 
January  22,  M.     26,  * .,     mexaminations  for  entrance  to  the  sec- 
ond semester 
January  29,  M.,  Second  semester  begins 

February  15,  Th.,  Charter  Day 

y  Session  of  University  Council 

Regular  meeting  of  Board  of  Regents 
Fourth  Midwinter  Commencement 
April  13,  F.— 16,  M.,  Easter  recess 
Auril  18    T.,  Regular  meeting  of  Board  of  Regents 
June  2,  B.,  Final  recommendation  by  Faculties  for  degrees 

COMMENCEMENT  WEEK 
June  3,  Sun.,  8  P.  M.,  Baccalaureate  sermon 
June  4,  M.,  Annual  address  before  the  College  of  Lav, 
June  5,  T.,  Clas^ay  ^  ^.^  rf  Board  of  Eegents 

8  p.  m.,  Commencement  concert 
June  6.W.,  Alumni  Day  reun;ons  di 

2PM    Phi  Beta  Kappa  oration  and  banquet 

3  r    m!    Annual  business  meetings  of  the  alumm  of 

the  various  Colleges  Vofnrp 

4  P.M.,  Fifth  annual  report  of  the  Chancellor  before 

the  alumni  of  all  Colleges 

8  *  -  *£?  Se^ rhV  Ar^anfthe  SSS- 
trial  College 
June  7,  ^,Tw»r^^i— S^o,,,  ora- 

.rMirLunXetTnlannuirsession  of  the  Unive, 

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q  p    m     Chancellor's  reception 
9  P.  M.',  College  of  Law:    Annual  reun.on  and  ban- 

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THE  SCHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE 


THE  FACULTY 
^Geoege  Edwin  MacLean,  LL.  D.,  Chancellor 


Albeet  E.  Davisson,  A.  B.,  Director 

T.  Lyttleton  Lyon,  B.  S.  A.,  Associate  Professor  of  Agriculture 
Hudson  H.  Nicholson,  A.  M.,  Professor  of  Chemistry 
Chables  E.  Bessey,  LL.  D.,  Professor  of  Botany 
Clabk  F.  Ansley,  A.  B.,  Professor  of  English 
DeWitt  B.  Bbace,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Physics 
Elleby  W.  Davis,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Mathematics 
Lawrence  Bbunee,  B.  S.,  Professor  of  Entomology 
Albert  T.  Petebs,  D.  V.  Si,  Investigator  dn  Animal  Diseases 
W.  G.  Langwobthy  Taylob,  LL.  B.,  Professor  of  Economic  Sci- 
ence 

0.  V.  P.  Stout,  C.  E.,  Professor  of  Agricultural  Engineering 
Chables  K.  Eichabds,  M.  M.  E.,  Professor  of  Practical  Mechanics 
Rollins  A.  Emeeson,  B.  Sc,  Assistant  Professor  of  Horticulture 
Geobge  H.  Mobse,  B.  E.  E.,  Instructor  in  Drawing 


STATUS 

The  School  of  Agriculture  is  a  secondary  technical 
school.  The  technical  instruction  offered  is  in  subjects 
pertaining  to  farming.  This  instruction  is  identical  with 
that  given  in  the  Winter  Course  in  Agriculture.  In  ad- 
dition are  pursued  certain  general  educational  studies  of 
high  school  grade. 

OBJECT 

The  course  is  designed  to  train  young  men  and  women 
for  greater  usefulness  on  the  farm.    It  also  furnishes  a 


Eesigned. 


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preparation  which  will  enable  the  student,  at  the  com- 
pletion of  the  course,  to  enter  the  Technical  Agricul- 
tural Group  in  the  University. 

REQUIREMENTS    FOR    ADMISSION 

The  school  is  open  to  young  men  and  women  of  six 
teen  years  of  age,  or  over,  who  are  not  otherwise  regis- 
tered in  the  University,  and  who  pass  successfully  an 
examination  upon  the  following  subjects:  Arithmetic, 
Grammar,  Geography,  United  States  History,  Physiol- 
ogy, Reading,  Spelling,  Writing.  Examination  upon 
these  subjects  will  be  of  the  same  character  as  those 
ordinarily  presented  for  entrance  to  the  ninth  grade  of 
the  public  schools. 

THE   SCHOOL    CALENDAR 

The  school  year  is  divided  into  a  fall,  winter,  and 
spring  term  of  fourteen,  twelve,  and  ten  weeks  respect- 
ively. The  School  calendar  otherwise  is  the  same  as 
that  of  the  University.  First  term  opens  Saturday,  Sep- 
tember 16,  Second  term  Tuesday,  January  2,  Third  term 
Saturday,  March  24. 

COURSE  OF  STUDY 

I. 

1  2  3 

Mathematics 5     Mathematics 5  Mathematics 5 

English 5    English 3  English 5 

Botany 5     "Soils 3  Botany 5 

"Drawing. ... 1     Dairying 3  "Drawing 1 

*  Shop-work 2     "  Farm  accounts 2  *  Shop-work 2 

—  "Injurious  insects. .  .   1 

18     "Plant  pests 1  18 

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Mathematics 5 

English 3 

Chemistry 2 

Physics 3 

Entomology 2 

*  Drawing 1 

*  Shop-work 2 

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II. 
2 

Mathematics 5 

English 3 

Chemistry 2 

*  Horticulture 3 

*  Stock-breeding. .. .  2 

*  Stock-feeding, ....  3 

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III. 


3 

Mathematics 5 

English 3 

Chemistry 2 

Physics 3 

Entomology 2 

*  Drawing 1 

*  Shop- work 2 

18 


Mathematics 5 

Language  (Lat.  El.)    5 
History 5 

*  Drawing 1 

*  Shop-work 2 

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Mathematics 5 

Language  (Lat.  El.)  5 

*  Diseases  of  Ani- 

mals   3 

*  Field  crops 3 

*  Agricultural   Me- 

chanics    1 

*  Agricultural    En- 

gineering    1 


Mathematics 5 

Language  (Lat.  El.)     5 
History 5 

*  Drawing 1 

*  Shop-work 2 

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*  Subjects  marked  with  a  star  may  be  omitted  by  women  and  replaced  by 
an  equivalent  amount  of  work  in  domestic  science. 

SYNOPSES  OF  COUESES 
Soils,  Plants,  and  theie  Relation 
Origin  of  soils.  Physical  composition  of  soils.  What  a  physical 
analysis  of  soil  shows.  Relation  of  physical  structure  to 
moisture.  Capillarity.  Forms  in  which  water  exist  in  soils. 
Movement  of  water  in  soils.  Methods  for  conservation  of  soil 
moisture.  Chemical  composition  of  soils.  Explanation  of 
chemical  analysis.  What  a  chemical  analysis  shows.  Avail- 
able plant  food.  Nitrification.  Effect  of  tillage  on  the  soil. 
Composition  of  the  air.  Composition  of  plants.  Relation  of 
plants  to  the  air  and  soil.  Leguminous  plants.  Effect  of 
tillage  on  the  plant.  Barn-yafa  manure  and  commercial 
fertilizers. 


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In  this  course  the  nature  and  condition  of  soils  will  be  studied 
particularly  with  regard  to  their  relation  to  fertility  and  moist- 
ure. The  effect  of  tillage  upon  the  soil,  and  thus  indirectly  upon 
the  plant,  will  be  explained,  and  likewise  the  effect  of  cultiva- 
tion. The  methods  of  soil  treatment  for  the  conservation  of 
moisture  will  be  dwelt  upon  at  length. 

The  object  is  to  make  the  student  understand  the  possibilities 
of  the  soil,  and  by  means  of  such  an  understanding  be  led  to 
practice  an  intelligent  treatment,  adapting  himself  to  the  con- 
ditions of,  drought  or  excessive  moisture,  as  the  case  may  be. 
A  true  appreciation  of  the  value  of  the  use  of  farm-yard  manure, 
and  its  rational  use,  is  also  aimed  at.  Commercial  fertilizers, 
such  as  have  been  shown  by  experiment  to  be  profitably  used 
in  this  state,  will  be  treated  of. 

Animal  Husbandry 
stock  feeding 
Composition  and  digestibility  of  feeding  stuffs.  Laws  of  nutri- 
tion. Feeding  standards.  Compounding  of  rations.  Feed- 
ing for  growth,  fattening,  milk,  etc.  Effect  of  food  on  the 
quality  of  meat,  milk,  and  butter.  Preservation  and  prepa- 
ration of  fodders. 

BREEDS    AND    BREEDING    OF    STOCK 

Short  history  of  the  different  breeds.    Characteristics  of  the  dif- 
ferent breeds.     Judging  by  means  of  score  card.     Heredity, 
atavism,    prepotency,    variation,    in-breeding,    line-breeding, 
etc. 
The  aim  of  this  work  is  to  enable  the  student  to  use  to  the 

best  advantage  the  feeding  stuffs  at  his  disposal  and  to  make 

of  him,  should  he  possess  the  natural  qualifications,  a  successful 

breeder  and  judge  of  stock. 

Farm  Accounts 

A  system  of  bookkeeping  which,  while  being  simple,  yet  enables 
the  farmer  to  tell  just  what  his  profit  or  loss  may  have  been 
in  any  partcular  line  of  his  business. 

Practice  in  the  different  foftns  of  business  operations,  as  draw- 
ing up  notes,  contracts,  etc.    Talks  on  the  different  kinds  of 


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negotiable  paper,  and  the  various  forms  of  endorsement  and 
their  effect,  business  forms  and  correspondence. 

Farm  Dairying 

Practice  in  the  use  of  several  makes  of  hand  separators,  and  in 
the  deep  setting  of  milk.  Careful  instruction  in  the  han- 
dling and  ripening  of  cream,  and  in  churning,  washing, 
salting,  working,  printing,  coloring,  judging,  and  packing 
of  butter. 

Practice  in  the  manipulation  of  the  Babcock  test,  in  testing 
whole  milk,  skimmed  milk,  buttermilk,  and  cream,  and  in 
the  detection  of  wastes  and  adulterations. 

Diseases  of  Farm  Animals  and  Their  Treatment 
External  diseases.     Internal  diseases.     Infectious  diseases. 

The  lectures  on  animal  diseases  are  designed  particularly  for 
the  stock  raiser,  being  of  such  a  nature  as  to  be  readily  under- 
stood by  those  who  have  not  had  any  previous  training  in  that 
line.  The  symptoms  of  all  the  commoner  diseases  of  farm  ani- 
mals and  treatment  of  minor  diseases  are  carefully  studied,  and 
this  is  supplemented  with  such  practice  as  the  town  and  sur- 
rounding country  affords.  Special  attention  is  given  to  the  pre- 
vention of  diseases  in  stock. 

Chemistry 
Study  of  the  commonly  occurring  elements  and  their  principal 
compounds.     Lectures,  recitations,  and  laboratory. 

Household  Economics 
food,  its  nature  and  preparation 
a.  Nutritive  values  and  principal  constituents  of  food  in  general. 
&.  Special  study  of  typical  foods  with  reference  to — 

1.  Food  value. 

2.  Methods  of  testing  for  adulteration. 

3.  Best   and    most   economical    methods    of    preparation    of 

food  material  for  table  use. 
Food  to  be  studied  as  above:    Water — Simple  methods  for   de- 
tecting   impurities;     methods     of    purifying    water.      Milk. 


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Bread.  Yeast.  Baking  powders — What  constitutes  a  good 
powder;  how  to  prepare  the  same.  Meats.  Vegetables. 
Canned  fruits.    Beverages.     Condiments. 

CLEANING — MECHANICAL  AND  CHEMICAL 

Use  of  chemicals  in  the  kitchen  and  laundry.  How  to  make 
cleaning  easier  by  applying  chemical  principles  in  the  clean- 
ing of  clothes,  furniture,  woodwork,  dishes,  silverware,  etc. 
How  to  soften  water.  Study  of  the  composition,  value,  and 
use  of  soaps,  washing  powders,  polishing  powders,  bluing, 
etc. 

GENERAL  CARE  OF  THE  HOUSE  FROM  A  SANITARY  POINT  OF  VIEW 

Ventilation,  necessity  of  pure  air  and  sunlight.  Plumbing.  Ee- 
lation  of  outhouses  to  wells.  Disinfectants,  what  they  are 
and  how  to  use  them  in  health  and  sickness. 

Horticulture 

Fruit  growing  and  vegetable  gardening.  A  brief  discussion  of 
the  most  important  fruits  and  vegetables  of  the  state  with 
special  reference  to  practical  methods  of  culture,  including 
means  of  overcoming  insects  and  other  enemies. 

Political  Economy 

The  object  of  this  course  is  to  present,  in  their  simplest  form, 
the  most  salient  economic  facts.  No  attempt  will  be  made  to 
draw  theoretical  inferences  nor  to  provoke  theoretical  investiga- 
tions. The  purpose  of  instruction  will  have  been  accomplished 
if  the  student  shall  have  acquired  a  large  store  of  historical  in- 
formation which  will  in  the  future  tend  to  give  direction  and 
steadiness  to  his  views  and  utterances  as  an  American  citizen. 

ENGLISH  ECONOMIC  HISTORY 

This  includes  among  others,  the  following  topics:  Physical  and 
industrial  conditions.  Guilds  and  the  apprentice  sj'stem. 
Domestic  manufacture.  Trading  companies  and  the  colonial 
system.  The  industrial  revolution.  The  factory  system. 
Trade  unions.  Labor  and  capital.  The  old  and  the  new  ag- 
riculture. Wages  and  poor  relief.  Money,  credit,  and 
finance. 


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ECONOMIC  HISTORY   OF   THE   UNITED   STATES 

Industrial  and  agricultural  conditions.  Foreign  commerce  and 
tariff.  Internal  commerce  and  transportation.  Financial 
history.  Coinage  and  currency.  Labor  organizations  and 
movements. 

English 

a.  Reading  from  classic  authors,  mainly  prose,  three  hours  a 
week.  Work  is  so  arranged  as  to  bring  the  pupil  into  con- 
tact with  as  much  good  literature  as  possible,  to  the  end 
that  he  may  become  familiar  with  clear,  strong  English 
style. 

1).  English  Composition,  with  the  essentials  of  Grammar  and 
Rhetoric,  two  hours  a  week.  The  purpose  of  this  work  is  to 
give  readiness  and  correctness  in  the  use  of  the  language. 
West's  English  Grammar  for  beginners  is  recommended  as 
a  text  in  Grammar  and  what  Rhetoric  is  given  will  not  re- 
quire a  text. 

Agricultural  Engineering  and  Hydraulics 
Farm    survey    with    chain.      Drainage    leveling.      Topographical 
survey  for  irrigation  or  landscape  gardening.     Measurement 
and  division  of  water.     Application  to  crops.     Minor  irriga- 
tion structures. 

Agricultural  Mechanics 

Draft  of  vehicles  and  field  implements  in  fields,  on  poor  roads,  on 
good  roads.  Wind  wheels  and  pumps.  Strength  of  timber, 
ventilation  of  buildings.  Bearing  power  of  soils  as  founda- 
tions. Elementary  study  of  heat,  as  related  to  warming-  and 
ventilation,  protection  against  freezing*,  economic  genera- 
tion and  use. 

Botany 

The  elementary  study  of  the  structure  and  physiology  of  plants, 
followed  by  a  more  careful  study  of  selected  types  of  plants. 
Especial  emphasis  will  be  laid  upon  the  study  of  those  plants 
which  are  of  interest  to  us  either  because  of  their  usefulness 
in  everyday  life,  or  on  account  of  their  harmfulness,  as  in 
the  case  of  the  parasitic  and  saprophytic  fungi. 

A  commodious  laboratory  has  been  fitted  up  with  tables,  com- 


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pound  microscopes,  glassware,  and  other  apparatus,  and  ma- 
terial for  study,  sufficient  for  the  immediate  uses  of  the 
students,  while  in  emergencies  additional  apparatus  and  ma- 
terial from  the  large  laboratories  and  collections  of  the  De- 
partment of  Botany  in  the  Univeristy  may  be  drawn  upon, 

Plant  Pests 
A  course  of  lectures  and  readings  on  the  common  weeds  and 
other  harmful  plants  which  infest  Nebraska  farms  and  gardens, 
illustrated    by    specimens    of    the    plants    themselves    and    their 
seeds. 

Agricultural  Zoology 

Brief   account    of   Anatomy    of    Animals.      Development    in    the 
higher  forms.     Sterility,  fertility,  monsters,  etc.     Eelations 
to  breeding.    Animals  helpful  to  the  farmer,  excluding  those 
called  domestic  animals.    Habits,  enemies,  protection. 
Injurious  animals — Suppression,  particularly  parasites,  and  epi- 
demics.   Prevention.    Meat  inspection.    Raising  pure  meat. 
All  of  the  topics  will  be  treated  in  a  simple  way  without  tech- 
nical terms,  etc.,  with  the  aim  that  the  student  may  acqure  a 
correct  idea  of  the  relation  of  the  various  animals  to  his  success. 
Carpentry  and  Blacksmithing 
The  care  and  use  of  carpenters'  tools,  and  the  methods  of  con- 
structing various  forms  of  joints,  splices,  dovetails,  and  panels. 

FORGE    WORK 

A  short  course  of  exercises  showing  the  methods  of  drawing, 
upsetting,  bending,  welding,  and  tempering. 

EXPENSES 

Tuition  is  free.  The  matriculation  fee  is  five  dollars, 
payable  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  University  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  first  year  only.  A  deposit  of  four  dollars  is 
required  at  the  beginning  of  each  year  to  cover  breakage, 
loss  of  tools,  and  waste  of  material.  At  the  end  of  the 
year  the  balance  of  this  deposit  is  returned  to  the  stu- 
dent. 


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Books  and  other  incidentals  for  the  entire  year  will 
cost  about  eight  dollars. 

In  a  private  family  table  board  may  be  obtained  for 
$2.25  to  $2.50  per  week.  iSonie  of  the  students'  clubs 
give  board  as  low  as  $2.00  per  week. 

Room  rent  varies  from  $2.00  to  $3.00  and  upward  per 
month. 

THE  WINTER  COURSE  IN  AGRICULTURE 

The  Winter  Course  in  Agriculture  will  begin  January 
2,  1900,  and  continue  for  eleven  weeks.  The  course  is 
designed  to  meet  the  demand  for  simple  and  practical 
instruction  in  Agriculture.  It  will  occupy  but  a  short 
time,  and  that  at  a  season  of  the  year  when  farm  work  is 
least  pressing.  The  course  continues  through  two  win- 
ters. 

Xo  examinations  for  entrance  are  required,  but  appli- 
cants will  be  expected  to  have  a  good  knowledge  of  the 
primary  English  brandies  as  taught  in  the  district 
schools,  and  must  be  at  least  sixteen  years  of  age. 

In  preparing  the  course  of  instruction  the  object  has 
beeu  to  make  it  as  practicable  as  possible,  to  give  the 
student  something  that  will  be  of  value  to  him  when  he 
returns  to  the  farm.  The  instruction  is  given  by  means 
of  lectures  and  actual  practice.  The  practice,  however, 
as  will  be  seen  below,  is  not  in  the  work  of  the  farm  with 
which  every  farmer  is  familiar,  but  in  operations  requir- 
ing skill  and  knowledge,  and  which  are  not  ordinarily 
acquired  on  the  farm. 

The  methods  of  instruction  are  adapted  to  students  of 
all  ages,  those  taking  the  work  during  the  last  term 
varying  from  sixteen  to  forty-five  years  of  age.    As  was 


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to  be  expected,  those  having  had  the  most  practical  ex- 
perience seemed  to  receive  the  greatest  benefit  from  the 
instruction. 

The  instruction  offered  is  as  follows:  Soils  and  crops. 
Diseases  of  farm  animals.  Breeding  of  live  stock. 
Feeding  of  live  stock.  Farm  dairying.  Horticulture. 
Agricultural  engineering  and  hydraulics.  Carpentry  or 
blacksmithing.  Insects  injurious  to  crops.  Plant  pests. 
Farm  accounts. 

The  libraries,  museums,  and  other  accessories  to  the 
University  will  be  available  to  the  student  in  the  Winter 
Course. 

The  Agricultural  Students'  Club  meets  weekly  during 
the  session  of  the  Winter  Course.  The  Club  is  organized 
for  the  discussion  of  subjects  pertaining  to  Agriculture 
and  personal  culture. 

There  is  a  registration  fee  of  one  dollar;  books,  dairy 
suits,  etc.,  will  cost  about  three  dollars.  There  is  also  a 
deposit  of  one  dollar  required  to  cover  breakage  in  the 
carpenter  and  forge  shops. 

Table  board  ranges  from  two  to  two  dollars  and  a  half 
per  week.  Rent  of  furnished  room  varies  from  fifty  cents 
to  one  dollar  per  week. 

The  probable  cost  to  each  student  will  be  about  as  fol- 
lows: 

Boom  rent,  11  weeks  at  75c $8  25 

Table  board,   11  weeks  at  $2.25 24  75 

Books,  etc 3  00 

Shop  deposit   1  00 

Kegistration  fee  = 1  Q(> 

$38  00 

Students  will  register  Tuesday,  January  2,  1900.  The 
term  closes  March  16,  1900. 


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THE  SUGAR  SCHOOL 


THE  FACULTY 
^George  Edwin  MacLean,  LL.  D.,  Chancellor 


Hudson  H.  Nicholson,  A.  M.,  Director  and  Professor  of  Chem- 
istry 

Morgan  Brooks,  M.  E.,  Professor  of  Electrical  'and  Steam  En- 
gineering 

T.  L.  Lyon,  B.  S.  A.,  Associate  Professor  of  Agriculture 

Charles  E.  Eichards,  M.  M.  E.,  Professor  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neering in  charge  of  the  Department  of  Practical  Mechanics 

Oscar  V.  P.  Stout,  C.  E.,  Professor  of  Civil  Engineering 

DeWitt  B.  Brace,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Physics 

Eobert  S.  Hiltner,  B.  Sc,  Assistant  Chemist 


This  school  is  open  to  young  men  of  sixteen  years  of 
age  or  over  who,  in  the  opinion  of  those  in  charge  of  the 
school,  have  had  the  requisite  training  for  properly  car- 
rying on  the  work. 

The  ninth  annual  session  will  open  at  the  University 
in  September,  1899. 

The  objects  olf  the  school  are  to  give  instruction  in 
the  best  methods  of  sugar  beet  culture  and  in  the  details 
of  factory  methods  of  sugar  making. 

Especial  attention  will  be  given  to  the  chemical  cou- 
trol  of  sugar  factory  operations. 

Applicants  for  registration  must  matriculate  as  stu- 
dents in  the  University  (that  is,  pay  the  fee  of  five  dollars, 

"^Resigned. 


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which  will  entitle  them  to  take  this  and  other  special 
work  in  the  instruction  for  a  period  of  four  years),  and 
make  the  usual  deposit  for  breakage  and  other  labora- 
tory expenses.  The  latter  will  not  exceed  six  dollars  for 
the  entire  course. 

It  has  been  thought  best  to  expand  the  curriculum  of 
the  Sugar  School  somewhat  and  to  open  its  course  to 
students  at  the  beginning  of  the  University  year  instead 
of  in  the  middle  of  the  year  as  heretofore. 

The  school  will  be  in  session  during  the  manufactur- 
ing season  and  classes  will  have  the  opportunity  of  visit- 
ing the  sugar  factories  while  in  operation,  and  the  large 
beet  farms  during  harvest  time. 

COUESES  OF  INSTRUCTION 

FIRST    SEMESTER 

1.  Elementary  Chemistry  as  applied  in  the  sugar  factory. 
Three  hours.  Specific  directions  for  the  analysis  of  the  fol- 
lowing substances:  Sugar  beets,  sugar,  syrup,  masse-cuite, 
molasses,  thin  juice,  diffusion  juice,  sweet  water,  calcium 
saccharate,  strontium  saccharate,  press  cake,  bone-black, 
exhausted  cossetts,  carbonation  gas. 

3.  Technology  of  Sugar  Manufacture.  One  hour.  Beet  silos. 
Hydraulic  beet  carrier.  Washing  machine  for  beets. 
Weighing  and  slicing  the  beets.  Diffusion  process.  Beet 
refuse  and  its  utilization.  Purifying  of  juice.  Lime  kiln. 
Preparation  of  lime  milk.  Lime  milk  pump.  Carbonic  acid 
washer.  Carbonic  acid  pump.  Mixer  for  lime  milk  and 
juice.  Double  carbonation.  Automatic  juice  pump.  Filter 
press.  Washing  of  lime  cakes.  Mechanical  filtration, 
Bone-black  filtration.  Reviving  the  bone-black.  Washing 
machine.  Acidifying  the  bone-black.  Roasting  the  bone- 
black.  Evaporation.  Double,  triple,  quadruple  effects.  Air 
pump,  wet  and  dry.     Condenser  for  wet  air  pump.     Con- 


The  Sugar  School  15 

denser  for  dry  air  pump.  Vacuum  pan.  Mixer  for  masse- 
cuite.  Centrifug-als.  Sugar  conveyor  and  elevator.  Granu- 
lator.  Molasses  and  its  utilization. 
5.  Mechanical  drawing'.  Two  hours.  Copy  drawing,  freehand; 
machine  sketching;  lines  and  shading;  tracing  and  blue 
printing. 
7.  Shop  Work.     Course  1.     Three  hours. 

a.  Bench  work  in  wood:   A  systematic  course  of  exercises 

showing  the  use  of  the  different  carpenters'  tools,  and 

the  method  of  constructing  various  forms  of  splices, 

dovetails,  joints,  panels,  etc. 
1).  Wood  turning:  A  systematic  course  of  exercises  showing'' 

the  method  of  cutting  square  shoulders,  turning  plain 

and  compound  curves,  chucking,  etc. 
9.  Sugar  Beet  Culture.  One  hour.  History  of  the  culture  of 
the  sugar  beet.  Effect  upon  general  agriculture  of  sugar 
beet  culture.  Varieties  of  the  sugar  beet.  Composition  and 
structure  of  the  beet  plant.  Soils.  Fertilization  of  the  soil. 
Position  of  the  beet  crop  in  the  system  of  crop  rotation. 
Preparation  of  the  soil.  Planting  the  seed.  Cultivation. 
Harvesting.  Preservation  of  the  beet  root.  Seed  produc- 
tion. Insect  enemies  and  diseases  of  the  beet.  Feeding 
value  of  sugar  beets,  and  of  sug^ar  factory  residue. 
11.  English.     Five  hours. 

a.  Reading  from  classic  authors,  mainly  prose.    Three  hours 

a  week. 
6.  English    composition,    with   the    essentials    of    grammar 

and  rhetoric.  Two  hours  a  week. 
15,  Steam  and  Electrical  Machinery.  (Course  21  in  department 
of  Electrical  Engineering.)  Two  hours.  Lectures  on  the 
.elementary  theory  of  the  steam  engine,  elementary  treat- 
ment of  the  forms  of  engines,  valve  mechanisms,  indicator 
practice  and  engine  economy,  forms  of  boilers,  boiler  set- 
tings, care  and  management  of  boilers,  fuels,  accessory 
steam  apparatus.  The  gas  engine.  Elementary  theory  of 
the  dynamo,  electric  lighting  and  power,  electric  distribu- 
tion and  wiring,  water  power,  power  transmission  by  gears, 
belts,  ropes,  etc. 


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SECOND    SEMESTER 

2.  Continuation  of  Course  1.    Three  hours.    Special  attention  to 
methods  of  anaylses  of  cane  sugars  in  presence  of  dextrose 
and   raffinose.     Methods   of  analyses   of  water,   limestone, 
coal  and  coke,  etc. 
4.  Physics.     Two  hours.     Special  attention  is  given  to  optical 
instruments.     Light.     Polarization  of  light.     Polariscopes. 
Care  and  management  of  polariscopes  in  the  sugar  house. 
6.  Continuation  of  Course  5.     Two  hours. 
8.  Shop  Work.    Course  2.    Three  hours. 

a.  Pattern-making:    The  construction   of  various  forms   of 

patterns,  core  boxes,  etc. 
&.  Foundry  work:   Bench  and  floor  moulding,  core-making, 
and  casting  in  iron  and  brass. 
10.  Laboratory  practice  in  Engineering.     Two  hours. 
12.  Irrigation  Engineering.     Two  hours.     Grades,  cross-sections, 
and  capacity  of  canals.     Surveys.     Designs   of   structures. 
Sources  of  water  supply.     Analysis  of  hydrographic  data. 
Nebraska   streams.     [Return   and    seepage   waters.      Irriga- 
tion by  pumping.     Organization.     Administration.     Legal 
and  economic  principles. 
16.  Continuation  of  Course  15.     Two  hours.     (Course  22  in  de- 
partment of  Electrical  Engineering.) 


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THE  SCHOOL  OF  MECHANIC  ARTS 

A    TWO-YEARS    COURSE 


FACULTY 

^George  Edwin  MacLean,  LI/.  D.,  Chancellor 


Charles   Euss   Eichards,   M.  M.  E.,   Director,   Professor   of   Me- 
chanical Engineering  and  Practical  Mechanics 
Clark  F.  Ansley,  A.  B.,  Professor  of  English 
DeWitt  B.  Brace,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Physics 
Morgan  Brooks,  M.  E.,  Professor  of  Electrical  Engineering 
Ellery  W.  Davis,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Mathematics 
Hudson  H.  Nicholson,  A.  M.,  Professor  of  Chernistry- 
Carl  C.  Engberg,  Ph.  D.,  Instructor  in  Mathematics 
David  Hawksworth,  B.  Sc,  Instructor  in  Mechanical  Drawing 
Anna  E.  Davis,  Instructor  in  English 
Eobert  E.  Moritz,  Ph.  M.,  Instructor  in  Mathematics 
C.  H.  Morse,  Instructor  in  Machine  Design  and  Electrical  En- 
gineering 
William  W.  Votaw,  Instructor  in  Practical  Mechanics 


GENERAL  ANNOUNCEMENTS 

The  School  of  Mechanic  Arts  meets  a  demand  for  in- 
struction in  practical  mechanical  work.  The  shops  and 
laboratories  of  the  University  of  Nebraska  are  made 
available  by  this  school  to  young  men  from  the  common 
or  district  schools.  There  are  many  young  men  having 
neither  the  time  nor  the  money  to  complete  a  collegiate 
course  at  the  University,  who  will  here  'find  an  oppor- 


*Eesigned. 
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tunity  of  securing  a  practical  education,  fitting  them  for 
some  useful  place  in  life. 

Primarily,  the  School  of  Mechanic  Arts  is  intended  for 
those  young  men  who  expect  to  enter  some  one  of  the 
mechanical  trades,  and  who  desire  a  scientific  basis  for 
this  later  work,  although  it  is  hoped  that  in  many  cases 
the  stimulus  given  by  the  school  will  be  such  that  a  colle- 
giate course  in  one  of  the  engineering  groups  will  be  pur- 
sued. 

The  school  is  in  no  sense  a  trade  school,  although  the 
principles  of  some  of  the  more  important  mechanical 
trades  are  taught.  The  student  obtains  a  better  concep- 
tion of  the  relative  importance  of  the  different  mechani- 
cal operations,  and  he  is  enabled  to  determine  what 
particular  branch  of  mechanical  work  he  can  most  suc- 
cessfully pursue. 

THE    SCHOOL   YEAR 

The  School  year  coincides  with  the  University  year, 
which  embraces  thirty-eight  weeks,  beginning  September 
12th,  1899,  and  closing  the  'first  week  in  June,  1900.  It 
is  especially  desirable  that  students  report  promptly  at 
the  beginning  of  the  school  year,  as  it  will  be  found  dif- 
ficult to  do  the  advanced  work  until  the  back  work  has 
been  made  up. 

REQUIREMENTS  FOR  ADMISSION 

The  school  is  open  to  young  men  of  sixteen  years  of 
age,  or  over,  who  are  not  otherwise  registered  in  the  Uni- 
versity, and  who,  in  the  opinion  of  those  in  charge  of  the 
school,  have  had  the  requisite  training  for  properly  car- 


The  School  of  Mechanic  Arts  19 

rying  od  the  work.     The  applicant  should  understand 
arithmetic  and  elementary  English  grammar. 

Candidates  for  admission  will  be  required  to  present  a 
certificate  of  good  character.  Students  who  enter  after 
the  beginning  of  the  semester  will  be  required  to  take 
examinations,  at  the  discretion  of  the  heads  of  the  de- 
partments in  which  work  is  taken.  It  is  impossible  for 
students  to  enter  this  school  at  the  beginning  of  the  sec- 
ond semester. 

SCHEDULE  OF  COURSES  OF  INSTRUCTION 

FIKST  YEAR 

First  Semester 

Mathematics,    A 5  hours 

English,   A    5       " 

Lectures  on  Mechanical  Practice  (Mech.  Eng.,  19) 2       " 

Mechanical  Drawing*  (M.  D.,  9) • 2 

Shop  Work*  (Mech.  Eng.,  1) 3      " 

a.  Lectures 

&.  Bench  Work  in  Wood 

c.  Wood  Turning 

d.  Molding 

Second  Semester 

Mathematics,  B  5  hours 

English,    B    . 5 

Lectures  on  Mechanical  Practice   (Mech.  Eng.,  14) 2       " 

Mechanical  Drawing  (M.  D.,  10) 2       " 

Shop  Work  (Mech.  Eng.,  2) 3       '«■ 

a.  Pattern-making  , 

&.  Foundry  Work 

SECOND   YEAR  ?  """ 

First  Semester 

Mathematics,  C   4  hours 

Theme  Writing   (English,  C) 1  hour 


*  Three  hours'  work  in  the  shops  or  drawing  room  count  for  one  hour  credit 
in  the  schedule. 


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Physics  3  hoiirs 

Lectures  on  Mechanical  Practice  (Mech.  Eng.,  21) 2 

Lectures  on  Steam  Machinery  (Mech.  Eng.,  23) 2 

Mechanical  Drawing  (Mech.  Dr.,  11) 2 

Shop  Work  (Mech.  Eng.,  3) 4 

a.  Forging  in  Iron  and  Steel 

b.  Filing,  Chipping,  and  Scraping 

Second  Semester 

Mathematics,    D    5  hours 

Theme  Writing    (English,   D) 1  hour 

Physics  3  h™rs 

Lectures  on  Electrical  Machinery   (Elec.  Eng.) 2 

Machine  De^gn  (Mech.  Dr.,  12) 2 

Shop  Work   5 

a.  Filing  and  Fitting 

b.  Machine  Work  in  Metals 

DESCRIPTION  OF  COURSES  OF  INSTRUCTION 

MATHEMATICS 

Many  of  the  practical  problems  which  must  be  solved  in  the 
shop  would  be  exceedingly  difficult  without  a  knowledge  of 
mathematics,  hence  the  mathematics  given  in  this  course  is 
planned  especially  for  the  mechanic,  with  reference  to  its  appli- 
cation to  mechanical  work.  The  course  includes  a  brief  review 
of  arithmetic;  tables  as  labor  savers;  curve  plotting  by  tables; 
exponential  and  logarithmic  tables,  and  the  slide  rule;  computa- 
tation  by  logarithms;  mensuration,  with  a  sketch  of  its  geomet- 
ric foundation;  use  of  formulae  in  computation;  graphical  meth- 
ods in  computation;  trigonometric  functions  and  their  use; 
equations  of  the  first,  second,  and  third  degree;  geometric  mean- 
ings and  graphic  solutions;  solution  by  tables;  differentiation 
and  integration,  with  their  geometric  and  mechanical  signifi- 
cance; use  of  tables  of  integrals,  geometric  integration,  me- 
chanical integrators. 

ENGLISH 

The  ability  to  speak  and  write  correct  English  readily  should 
be  looked  upon  as  part  of  the  training  of  every  educated  man. 
For  the  mechanic,  it  has  a  practical  value  as  well,  since  it  will 


The  School  of  Mechanic  Arts  21 

enable  him  to  occupy  positions  for  which,  without  such  ability, 
he  would  be  unfit.  The  purpose  of  the  instruction  in  English, 
as  in  other  subjects  taught  in  the  School,  is  to  give  the  student 
the  greatest  amount  of  practical  training. 

PHYSICS 

The  laws  of  motion,  of  heat,  of  electricity,  and  of  light  have 
a  very  direct  bearing  upon  mechanical  design  and  construction. 
A  knowledge  of  the  various  physical  phenomena  is  of  the  great- 
est value  to  the  mechanic,  being  of  direct  assistance  in  the  solu- 
tion of  many  of  the  practical  problems  that  will  be  presented  to 
him.  During  the  second  year,  three  hours  per  week  for  the  first 
semester  and  five  hours  for  the  second  semester,  including  reci- 
tations and  lectures  with  demonstrations,  will  be  devoted  to  a 
course  in  general  elementary  physics. 

CHEMISTRY 

If  the  student  expects  to  engage  in  some  particular  line  of 
mechanical  work,  where  a  knowledge  of  chemistry  will  be  use- 
ful, he  may  substitute  chemistry  for  physics  in  the  second  year 
of  the  course.  This  substitution  will  be  allowed  only  when 
sufficient  reasons  for  such  a  change  are  presented.  In  general, 
the  course  in  physics  will  be  the  most  valuable  to  students  in 
the  school. 

MECHANICAL    PRACTICE 

During  the  first  year  and  a  half  of  the  course,  two  lectures 
a  week  are  given  on  Mechanical  Practice.  They  run  parallel 
with  the  work  in  the  shop,  and  are  intended  in  part  to  give  a 
better  knowledge  of  the  work  done  therein,  and  at  the  same 
time  to  discuss  those  things  which  the  intelligent  mechanic 
must  know,  but  which  do  not  necessarily  form  a  part  of  his 
practical  shop  work.  These  lectures  include  a  discussion  of  the 
standards  of  length;  the  form  and  action  of  carpenters'  and 
turners'  tools;  the  physical  properties  of  timber;  simple  framed 
structures,  floors,  roofs,  etc.;  plans,  specifications,  and  esti- 
mates; the  metallurgy  of  iron  and  steel;  the  forms  and  con- 
struction of  patterns  and  core-boxes;  molding  and  foundry 
practice;  wood-working  machinery;  forging  tools  and  ma- 
chinery; files;  machine  work  in  metals;  and  general  metal- 
working  machinery. 


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STEAM    AND    ELECTRICAL    MACHINERY 

A  number  of  the  more  important  engineering  problems  of 
peculiar  interest  to  the  mechanic,  who  may  be  called  upon  to 
build,  repair,  or  run  engines,  dynamos,  boilers,  or  other  appa- 
ratus for  the  generation  or  transmission  of  power,  will  be  dis- 
cussed in  the  lectures  on  steam  and  electrical  machinery,  in- 
cluding the  elementary  theory  of  the  steam  engine,  forms  of 
engines,  valve  mechanism,  indicator  practice  and  engine 
economy;  forms  of  boilers,  boiler  settings,  care  and  manage- 
ment of  boilers;  fuels;  accessory  steam  machinery;  the  gas  en- 
gine; elementary  theory  of  the  dynamo;  electric  lighting;  elec- 
tric railways;  electrical  distribution  and  wiring;  water  power; 
power  transmission  by  gears,  belts,  ropes,  electricity,  etc. 

MECHANICAL    DRAWING 

All  mechanical  construction  is  done  from  mechanical  draw- 
ings, which  to  the  mechanic  should  represent  clearly  the  ideas 
of  the  designer.  It  is  therefore  necessary  that  the  skilled  me- 
chanic be  capable  of  interpreting  drawings  so  that  he  may  easily 
reproduce  in  wood  or  iron  the  things  therein  represented.  Six 
hours  each  week  throughout  the  course  are  devoted  to  mechani- 
cal drawings,  and  the  student  is  then  not  only  rendered  capable 
of  interpreting  drawings,  but  he  will  have  acquired  the  skill  and 
ability  to  make  them  himself.  The  instruction  includes  the 
care  and  use  of  the  drawing  instruments,  drawing  from  copy, 
machine  sketching,  detail  drawing,  tracing  and  blue  printing, 
line  shading,  tinting,  drawing  from  dictation,  gears,  parts  of 
machines,  etc. 

SHOP   WORK 

The  work  in  the  shops  is  eminently  practical,  the  instruction 
in  each  branch  being  given  by  a  systematic  course  of  exercises, 
showing  the  use  of  the  different  tools  and  the  methods  of  me- 
chanical construction.  After  the  completion  of  any  given  set 
of  exercises,  the  principles  there  learned  will  be  applied  in  the 
construction  of  some  complete  piece  of  work.  Since  the  work 
is  solely  for  construction,  and  there  is  as  little  repetition  as  pos- 
sible, rapidity  of  execution  is  not  expected  or  desired.  The 
principles  of  tool  use  and  mechanical  construction  are  taught, 
but  great  dexterity  and  rapidity  of  execution,  which  result  from 


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long  practice,  can  only  be  obtained  by  outside  work.     The  work 
done  is  as  follows: 

Bench  Work  in  Wood. — A  systematic  course  of  exercises  show- 
ing the  use  of  the  different  carpenters'  tools,  and  the  methods 
of  constructing  various  forms  of  splices,  dovetails,  joints,  panels, 
etc.  Nine  hours'  work  each  week  for  one-half  of  the  first  semes- 
ter of  the  first  year. 

Wood  Turning. — A  systematic  course  of  exercises  showing 
the  methods  of  turning  plain  cylinders,  cutting  square  shoul- 
ders, turning  plain  and  compound  curves,  chucking,  etc.  Nine 
hours'  work  each  week  for  one-half  of  the  first  semester  of  the 
first  year. 

Pattern-Making. — The  construction  of  various  forms  of  pat- 
terns, core-boxes,  etc.,  for  parts  of  machines.  Nine  hours  each 
week  during  the  second  semester  of  the  first  year. 

Foundry  Work. — Bench  and  floor  molding,  core-making,  and 
casting  in  iron  and  brass.  Taken  in  connection  with  the  course 
in  pattern-making. 

Forging  in  Iron  and  Steel. — A  systematic  course  of  exercises 
in  drawing,  up-setting,  bending,  welding,  and  tempering.  Ap- 
plications of  the  above  in  the  construction  of  more  elaborate 
finished  pieces  of  work.  Nine  hours  each  week  during  the  first 
semester  of  the  second  year. 

Filing,  Chipping,  and  Scraping.— The  use  of  the  cold  chisel, 
the  file,  and  the  scraper.  Exercises  in  chipping  straight  and 
grooved  surfaces;  surface  and  round  filing;  polishing,  and  the 
construction  of  surface  plates.  Three  hours  each  week  during 
the  whole  of  the  second  year. 

Machine  Work  in  Metals.— Plain  and  taper  turning,  boring, 
thread  cutting,  drilling,  planing,  milling,  and  polishing;  the 
construction  of  taps,  dies,  drills,  reamers,  and  complete  ma- 
chines; practice  in  lining  up  shafting,  etc.  Fifteen  hours  each 
week  during  the  second  semester  of  the  second  year. 

OTHEE    PRACTICAL    INSTRUCTION 

During  the  second  year  of  the  course,  each  student  will  be 
given  practice  in  the  care  and  management  of  the  power  boilers, 
the  steam  engines,  and  the  various  dynamo-electric  machines, 
together  with  indicator  practice,  valve  setting,  and  engine  and 
boiler  tests. 


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FACILITIES   FOR  INSTRUCTION 

The  Wood  Shop  contains  twenty^five  carpenters' 
benches,  each  equipped  with  a  quick-action  vise,  and  a 
complete  set  of  carpenters'  tools;  sixteen  ten-inch  swing 
speed  lathes,  each  equipped  with  two  sets  of  turning 
tools;  one  large  pattern-makers'  lathe;  one  double  re- 
volving cross-cut  and  rip  saw;  one  scroll  saw;  one  uni- 
versal trimmer;  two  grindstones;  and  numerous  special 
small  tools. 

The  Forge  Shop  is  equipped  with  twenty-four  station- 
ary forges  with  a  like  number  of  anvils  and  sets  of  small 
tools.  The  smoke  is  removed  and  the  blast  supplied  to 
the  forges  by  a  seventy-inch,  double  ended  fan.  This 
shop  also  contains  a  hand  forge;  a  tempering  furnace;  a 
hand  punch  and  shear;  and  benches  with  blacksmiths' 
vises. 

The  Foundry  contains  eighteen  molders'  benches, 
with  a  like  number  of  sets  of  molders'  tools  for  bench 
and  floor  molding;  a  twenty -four-inch  cupola  furnace; 
a  core  oven;  and  the  necessary  ladles,  flasks,  etc. 

The  Machine  Shop  is  not  yet  fully  equipped.  At  the 
present  time  it  contains  ten  machinists'  benches,  each 
equipped  with  a  vise  and  set  of  small  tools  for  vise 
work  in  metals,  a  twenty-six-inch,  back  geared  and  power 
feed  drill  press;  a  sixteeri-inch  shaper;  a  fourteen-inch 
screw-cutting  engine  lathe;  and  a  wet  and  dry  emery 
grinder. 

The  Engineering  Laboratories  contain  a  number  of 
steam  engines,  boilers,  dynamos,  motors,  etc.,  together 
with  various  instruments  for  testing  the  same. 


The  School  of  Mechanic  Arts  25 

The  Drawing-room  is  a  large,  well-lighted  room,  lo- 
cated in  the  second  story  of  the  Library  Building.  It 
contains  fifty-four  drawing  tables,  and  a  large  number 
of  drawing  boards.  All  paper  and  drafting  instruments 
are  supplied  by  the  student. 

Technical  Library. — There  are  on  file  in  the  depart- 
ment libraries  a  number  of  the  leading  engineering  jour- 
nals, together  with  a  number  of  reference  books,  bound 
volumes  of  engineering  papers,  and  proceedings  of  en- 
gineering societies.  The  student  will  also  have  free  ac- 
cess to  all  the  books  and  papers  in  the  general  library. 

EXPENSES 

Tuition  is  free.  The  matriculation  fee  is  $5.00,  pay- 
able to  the  Treasurer  of  the  University  at  the  beginning 
of  the  first  year  only.  A  deposit  of  $5.00  is  required  at 
the  beginning  of  each  year,  to  cover  breakage  and  loss 
of  tools,  and  waste  of  material.  At  the  end  of  the  year 
the  balance  of  this  deposit  is  returned  to  the  student. 

Upon  entering  the  school,  the  student  must  provide 
himself  with  a  set  of  drafting  instruments,  costing  about 
$10.00,  and  books,  apparel  for  work  in  the  shops,  and  in- 
cidentals, costing  about  $3.00.  Books  and  other  inciden- 
tals for  the  entire  year  will  cost  about  $5.00. 

In  a  private  family  table  board  may  be  obtained  for 
$2.25  or  $2.50  per  week.  Some  of  the  students'  clubs 
give  board  as  low  as  $2.00  per  week.  Room  rent  varies 
from  $2.00  to  $3.00  per  month,  and  upward. 

The  first  year  in  the  school  will  probably  cost  about  as 
follows,  exclusive  of  clothing,  washing,  and  other  in- 
cidentals: 


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Matriculation  fee    $5  00 

Drafting-  instruments    10  00 

Books,  etc 5  00 

Waste  of  material  and  loss  of  tools  (estimated) 2  00 

Table  board,  38  weeks  at  $2 76  00 

Eoom  rent,  9  months  at  $2.50 22  50 

Total $120  50 

The  expenses  of  the  second  year  will  be  reduced  $  15.00 
by  the  first  two  items.  In  some  cases  it  is  possible  for 
students  to  secure  employment  during  their  spare  time, 
and  thus  slightly  reduce  the  above  expenses. 


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THE  SCHOOL  OF  DOMESTIC  SCIENCE. 

A   TWO-YEARS   COURSE 


THE  FACULTY 
*George  Edwin  MacLean,  LL.  D.,  Chancellor 


Rosa  Bottton,  A.  M.,  Director 
Charles  E.  Bessey,  LL.  D.,  Professor  of  Botany 
C.  F.  Ansley,  A.  B.,  Professor  of  English 
DeWitt  B.  Brace,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Physics 
Ellery  W.  Davis,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Mathematics 
Hudson  H.  Nicholson,  A.  M.,  Professor  of  Chemistry 
Charles  E.  Bessey,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Botany 
Lawrence  Bruner,  B.  Sc,  Professor  of  Entomology 
William  W.  Hastings,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Hygiene 
Anne  L.  Barr,  Instructor  in  Physical  Training 
E.  E.  Moritz,  A.  M.,  Instructor  in  Mathematics 
Clyde  B.  Cooper,  A.  B.,  Instructor  in  English 
George  H.  Morse,  Instructor  in  Drawing 
,  Instructor  in  Domestic  Science 


Primarily,  the  School  of  Domestic  Science  is  intended 
for  those  young  women  who  wish  to  prepare  themselves 
to  perform  skillfully  and  intelligently  those  duties  in  the 
home  which  sooner  or  later  come  to  almost  every  woman. 

The  school  is  in  no  sense  simply  a  cooking  school.  The 
work  is  not  merely  mechanical,  but  educational  in  the 
truest  sense  of  the  word.  The  student  will  be  trained 
to  think  as  well  as  to  do,  and  will  come  to  realize  the  fact 

*  Eesigned. 


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that  the  changes  which  take  place  in  the  cookery  of  food 
materials  are  as  truly  dependent  upon  scientific  princi- 
ples as  are  the  changes  ordinarily  studied  in  scientific 
laboratories. 

The  school  year  coincides  with  the  University  year, 
which  embraces  thirty-eight  weeks,  beginning  September 
12  and  closing  the  first  week  in  June.  Students  should 
report  promptly  at  the  beginning  of  the  school  year. 

REQUIREMENTS   BX)R   ADMISSION 

The  school  is  open  to  young  women  of  sixteen  years  of 
age,  or  over,  who,  in  the  opinion  of  those  in  charge  of  the 
school,  have  had  the  requisite  training  for  properly  carry- 
ing on  the  work.  The  applicant  should  understand  arith- 
metic and  elementary  English  grammar. 

SCHEDULE  OF  COURSES  OF  INSTRUCTION  IN  SCHOOL  OF' 
DOMESTIC   SCIENCE 

FIRST  YEAR 

First  Semester 

Mathematics   5  hours. 

English    5 

Chemistry   ~ 


Hygiene 


v  & 


Physical  training  1  hour 

Domestic  Science   2  hours- 

17 
Second  Semester 
Mathematics  5  hours- 
English    5 

Chemistry   2 

Botany    ~ 

Physical  training  1  hour 

Domestic  Science 2  hours- 

17       " 


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SECOND   YEAR 

First  Semester 

Mathematics    4  hours 

Theme  writing-   *  nour 

Physics   3  hours 

Drawing 2 

Entomology    2 

Chemistry  of  food 2 

Domestic  Science   2  nours 

16  " 
Second  Semester 

Mathematics  5  nours 

Theme  writing   1  nour 

Physics   3  hours 

Drawing ft 

Bacteriology  2 

Home   sanitation 2 

Domestic  Scienc|   6 

17  " 


DESCRIPTION  OF  COURSES  OF  INSTRUCTION 

MATHEMATICS 

The  mathematics  given  in  this  course  is  planned  with  refer- 
ence to  its  -application  to  practical  work.  The  course  includes 
a  brief  review  of  arithmetic,  tables  as  labor  savers;  curve  plot- 
ting by  tables;  logarithmic  tables,  and  the  slide  rule;  compu- 
tation by  logarithms;  mensuration,  with  a  sketch  of  its  geo- 
metric foundation;  use  of  formulae  in  computation;  graphical 
methods  in  computation;  trigonometric  functions  and  their  use; 
equations  of  the  first,  second,  and  third  degree;  geometric  mean- 
ings and  graphic  solutions;  solution  by  tables. 

ENGLISH 

During  the  first  year  the  instruction  will  include  reading  from 
classic  authors,  mainly  prose,  three  hours  each  week,  and  Eng- 
lish composition  with  the  essentials  of  grammar  and  rhetoric, 
two  hours  each  week.     The  second  year,  one  theme  each  week 


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will  be  required,  the  subject  to  be  assigned  by  the  instructor 
in  English. 

PHYSICS 

Th  laws  of  motion,  of  heat,  of  electricity,  and  of  light  have 
a  very  direct  bearing  upon  the  preparation  of  food  and  the  sani- 
tary arrangements  of  the  home.  A  knowledge  of  the  various 
physical  phenonmena  is  of  the  greatest  value  to  the  home- 
keeper,  being  of  direct  (assistance  in  the  solution  of  many  of 
the  practical  problems  that  will  be  presented  to  her.  During 
the  second  year,  three  hours  each  week,  including  recitations, 
and  lectures  with  demonstrations,  will  be  devoted  to  a  course 
in  general  elementary  physics. 

CHEMISTRY 

Very  many  of  the  operations  performed  in  the  preparation 
of  food  and  in  the  general  care  of  the  home  are  chemical  in 
their  nature.  For  this  reason  a  study  of  general  chemistry 
forms  a  very  important  part  of  household  science. 

During  the  first  year  the  commonly  occurring  elements  and 
their  compounds  are  studied.  The  first  semester  of  the  second 
year  is  devoted  to  a  study  of  the  chemistry  of  foods  and  their 
cookery;  methods  of  detecting  adulterations,  etc.  The  second 
semester,  the  study  of  the  chemistry  of  cleaning  is  taken  up, 
together  with  home  sanitation,  which  includes  plumbing,  ven- 
tilation, disinfection,  etc.  Lectures,  recitations,  and  laboratory 
practice  during  entire  course. 

FREEHAND   DRAWING 

This  work  serves  not  only  to  train  the  hand  to  faithfully  re- 
produce that  which  the  eye  perceives,  but  also  to  develop  an 
appreciation  of  that  which  is  beautiful  in  art  and  nature.  Be- 
sides the  drawing,  some  work  in  painting  and  wood-carving  will 
be  undertaken  in  this  course. 

Lectures  will  be  given  on  the  harmony  of  color  and  how  to 
use  one's  means,  be  they  large  or  small,  to  the  best  advantage 
in  making  home  beautiful. 

BIOLOGY 

Household    science    necessarily   includes    a    study    of   biology 


The  School  of  Domestic  Science  31 

because  of  the  intimate  relation  existing  between  life  and  food. 
A  knowledge  of  plant  and  animal  life  in  many  of  its  lower  forms 
is  indispensable  to  her  who  would  intelligently  prepare  and  pre- 
serve food.  Two  hours  of  botany  will  be  given  the  second  se- 
mester of  the  first  year.  During  the  second  year  instruction 
will  be  given  in  entomology  two  hours  the  first  semester  and 
in  bacteriology  two  hours  the  second  semester. 

DOMESTIC    SCIENCE 

The  aim  is  to  make  the  entire  work  in  this  course  educational; 
to  train  the  mind,  and  develop  character  in  the  kitchen  as  well 
as  in  the  laboratory.  Special  attention  is  directed  to  the  funda- 
mental principles  of.  cookery  and  their  application  in  the  prepa- 
ration of  individual  dishes.  Practical  work  is  done  in  cooking  in 
a  kitchen  laboratory.  Special  attention  is  given  to  the  most 
economical  methods  of  cooking,  as  well  as  to  those  methods 
which  shall  render  food  most  nutritious,  palatable,  and  at- 
tractive. 

PHYSICAL   TKAINING  AND  HYGIENE 

Every  woman  should  have  a  knowledge  of  the  wonderful 
mechanism  of  the  human  body  and  know  how  to  take  proper 
care  of  it.  She  needs  also  definite,  systematic  physical  training. 
These  needs  are  supplied  by  the  Physical  Training  Department 
of  the  University.  The  members  of  the  School  of  Domestic  Sci- 
ence are  given  work  in  the  regular  classes  in  Hygiene  and  Phys- 
ical Training  in  the  University. 

EXPENSES 

Tuition  is  free.  The  matriculation  fee  is  $5.00,  pay- 
able to  the  Treasurer  of  the  University  at  the  beginning 
of  the  first  year  only.  A  deposit  of  six  dollars  is  required 
in  chemistry  at  the  beginning  of  each  year  to  cover 
breakage  of  apparatus,  and  waste  of  material.  At  the 
end  of  the  year  the  balance  of  this  deposit  is  returned  to 
the  student.  In  domestic  science  a  five-dollar  deposit  is 
required  to  cover  the  cost  of  food  materials  used.     No 


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balance  is  returned  from  this  deposit.  Books  and  other 
incidentals  for  the  year  will  cost  about  ten  dollars. 

In  a  private  family  table  board  may  be  obtained  for 
$2.25  to  $3.00  per  week.  Some  of  the  students'  clubs  give 
board  as  low  as  $2.00  per  week. 

Room  rent  varies  from  $2.50  to  $4.00  per  month  and 
upwards. 


The  School  of  Art  33 


THE  SCHOOL  OF  ART 


DIRECTOR ,   MRS.   HENRIETTA  M.   BROCK 

The  University  School  of  Fine  Arts  occupies  rooms  on 
the  second  floor  of  the  Library  Building.  Besides 
the  class  rooms,  which  are  well  lighted,  attractive,  and 
completely  equipped  with  easels,  frames,  and  casts,  there 
is  a  fireproof  gallery  60x70  feet,  where  art  exhibitions 
and  receptions  are  held  during  the  school  term.  The  an- 
nual winter  exhibition  of  paintings  by  leading  Amer- 
ican and  foreign  artists  and  other  minor  exhibitions  find 
an  excellent  setting  in  this  beautiful  room.  It  is  lighted 
by  large  skylights  during  t'he  day  and  by  two  hundred 
electric  lights  in  the  evening. 

The  school  offers  courses  in  drawing,  painting,  sculp- 
ture, and  wood-carving.  The  'School  of  Drawing  and 
Painting  is  divided  into  four  classes  or  sections,  through 
each  of  which  the  student  must  pass  in  succession  to  at- 
tain the  next  higher  one. 

I.      ELEMENTARY 

Drawing'  from   geometrical   solids,   still-life,    and    antique    frag- 
ments, in  outline,  and  light  and  shade. 

IT.      INTERMEDIATE 

Same,  more  advanced.     Pen  and  ink.     Perspective. 

III.      ANTIQUE 

Heads  and  figures  from  cast.     Still-life  in  colors. 

IV.      LIFE 

Costume;  life  class.     Work  in  wood-carving  and  china,  painting 
can   be  carried    at  any    time   during   the    course.      Work   in 
etching  can  be  carried  by  students  in  Hie  life  class  only. 
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Promotion  from  class  to  class  is  made  through  exam- 
inations held  the  first  of  every  month.  At  these  exam- 
inations each  student  is  expected  to  hand  in  examples  of 
the  month's  work  for  inspection.  At  each  of  these  ex- 
aminations the  inspection  committee  will  select  the  best 
of  the  work  to  be  hung  upon  the  wall.  From  these  will 
be  selected  the  work  for  the  final  examination. 

A  course  of  lectures  on  art  topics  will  be  given  during 
the  winter. 

TUITION   FEES 

One  lesson  per  week $10  per  semester 

Two  lessons  per  week •  •   $18  per  semester 

Three   lessons   per  week,   with   use   of    studio 

daily   $25  per  semester 

Special  terms  for  china  fainting. 

CHINA  PAINTING 

Instruction  will  be  given  in  figure  painting  on  porce- 
lain.   Flower  painting  from  nature. 

Enamels,  conventional  and  all  branches  in  decorative 

work. 

An  evening  class  will  be  conducted  Tuesday  evening 
of  each  week.  This  will  be  a  class  in  design  and  prepara- 
tory work. 

The  class  in  painting  will  meet  on  the  afternoons  of 
Tuesday,  Thursday,  and  Friday  from  1  tfO  to  4:30. 

TUITION  FEES 

One  lessen  per  week «»  P6r  semester 

_        ,                               i  $2?)  per  semester 

Two  lessons  per  week   rv     ' 

Three  lessons  per  week $33  per  semester 

Special  arrangements  made  with  persons  desiring  to 
take  less  than  a  semester's  instruction. 


The  Affiliated  School  of  Music  35 


THE  AFFILIATED  SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC 


THE   FACULTY 
Willard  Kimball,  Oberlin;  Leipzig;  private  pupil  of  Dr.  Oscar 
Paul 

Director;  Harmony,  Pipe-Organ 
Henry  Purmort   Eames,   private   pupil   Madam   Schumann   and 
James  Ivwast 

Pianoforte 
John   Kandolph,    Cincinnati    College   of    Music;    New   England 
Conservatory  of  Music 

Voice,  General  Theory 
August  Hagenow,  Leipzig  Conservatory  of  Music 

Violin,  Instructor  University  Orchestra 
Emily  Metcalf  Perkins,  Iowa  College 

Pianoforte 
Mrs.  Will  Owen  Jones,  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music 

Pianoforte 
Mrs.  Marion  Treat  Taylor 

Voice 
Winifred  Hearn 

Assistant  Instructor  in  Voice  and  Harmony 

Eugenia  Getner 

Assistant  Instructor  in  Voice 

Earle  Wehn 

Cornet,  Leader  University  Cadet  Band 

Lillie  Eiche 

Violoncello 
Henry  S.  Wells 

Clarinet 
John  S.  Woods 

Mandolin,  Guitar,  Banjo 


36  The  University  of  Nebraska 

Edward  L.  Mo  lick 

Practical  Pianoforte  Tuning 

Martha   Masse 

Practice  Clavier 
Mary  Kettering 

Practice  Clavier 
Nellie  Cave 

Assistant  Instructor  in  Pianoforte 
Mae  Biltgen 

Secretary 


Affiliated  with  the  University  is  the  School  of  Music 
offering  courses  thalt  are  intended  to  give  those  who 
complete  them  the  highest  degree  of  proficiency.  While 
is  is  impossible  to  specify  the  exact  course  for  each  indi- 
vidual, the  following  may  be  taken  as  fairly  typical.  The 
work  indicated,  or  its  equivalent,  must  be  carried  by  all 
candidates  for  graduation. 

Students  may  take  any  one  or  more  of  the  courses  out- 
lined, either  in  classes  or  privately.  But  the  candidate 
for  graduation  must  pursue  three  courses,  viz.,  the  com- 
plete course  in  the  science  of  music  (including  sight-sing- 
ing, harmony,  counterpoint,  orchestration,  history  and 
theory  of  music);  in  instrumental  music,  either  piano- 
forte, pipe-organ,  violin,  or  voice;  and  one  elective 
course. 

This  requirement  is  made  in  order  to  secure  to  one  who 
seeks  a  diploma  from  the  University  such  mastery  of  the 
principles  and  practice  of  musical  art  as  will  enable  the 
graduate  to  secure  and  maintain  an  honored  position  in 
the  best  academies  and  colleges;  to  guard  against  a  nar- 
row and  one-sided  view  of  the  subject,  and  to  develop  a 


The  Affiliated  School  of  Music  37 

broad  and  generous  musicianship  which  does  not  over- 
estimate the  value  of  virtuosity  alone. 

COURSES    TO    GRADUATION 

I.  Theory   of  Music:    Text-book  and  lectures,  twice   each   week 

for  one  year. 

II.  Sight -singing-:   Work  in  elementary  University  chorus,  once 

each  week  for  one  year. 

III.  Elementary  harmony:   Notation,  terminology,  formation  of 

chords,  modulation;  text-book,  lectures,  composition,  and 
practice,  twice  each  week  for  one  year.  This  course  must 
be  preceded  by  Course  II. 

IV.  Advanced  harmony:  Suspension,  harmonizing  melodies,  with 

canti  firmi  in  the  different  voices,  enharmonics,  figuration, 
four-to-eight-part  writing-,  study  of  form,  counterpoint, 
twice  each  week  for  one  year. 

V.  Piano,    Pipe-Org-am,    Violin,     or    Voice:     Twice    each    week 

throug-hout  the  course. 

PIANOFORTE 

The  course  includes  the  systematic  study  of  technical 
exercises  for  the  development  of  the  muscles  of  the  hand 
and  arm,  the  complete  control  of  which  is  absolutely  es- 
sential to  a  skillful  interpretation  of  any  composition  of 
merit.  In  this  work  the  Virgil  Practice  Clavier  will  be 
used  for  many  who  contemplate  a  thorough  course  and 
who  need  the  strengthening  of  the  muscles  of  hand  and 
arm.  This  is  the  only  toneless  instrument  that  is  a  com- 
plete substitute  for  the  piano  for  all  practice.  By  its  use 
the  extensor  or  lifting  muscles  are  developed,  and  a  pure 
legato  touch  is  secured.  It  has  already  achieved  such 
astonishing  results  that  many  advanced  players  and  art- 
ists are  availing  themselves  of  its  use. 


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Throughout  the  course,  etudes  of  various  degrees  of 
difficulty  and  adapted  to  the  individual  needs  of  the  stu- 
dent will  be  given  in  connection  with  studies  and  exer- 
cises designed  to  bring  about  a  close  relationship  be- 
tween the  physical  and  intellectual  faculties.  The  works 
of  the  classic  and  romantic  composers,  both  ancient  and 
modern,  will  be  studied  according  to  the  ^taste,  inclina- 
tion, and  physical  powers  of  the  student.  More  advanced 
and  graduate  students  will  have  the  opportunity  of  play- 
ing with  instructors  in  duos,  trios,  and  quartettes. 

All  students  are  required  to  sustain  satisfactory  ex- 
aminations before  passing  to  the  next  higher  grade. 

This  prescribed  course  requires  about  five  years  of  the 
regular  student  of  average  ability;  presuming  practically 
no  knowledge  of  the  instrument  when  entering  the 
School  of  Music,  and  also  presuming  some  natural  talent 
and  considerable  maturity  of  character  and  self-disci- 
pline. 

Students  not  candidates  for  graduation  may  have  the 
usual  conservatory  privilege  of  electing  work  freely,  ac- 
cording to  ability  and  preparation. 

VOICE  DEVELOPMENT 

The  production  of  a  pure,  resonant,  and  musical  tone 
is  only  the  result  of  patient  and  intelligent  study;  and 
the  natural  and  easy  control  of  the  singing  voice  is  ob- 
tained only  by  the  correct  use  of  the  breath  and  the  vocal 
organs.  The  study  of  neither  the  so-called  Italian  or  Ger- 
man methods  can  produce  'the  desired  results,  unaided 
by  the  careful  and  discriminating  judgment  of  an  in- 


The  Affiliated  School  of  Music  39 

structor  of  wide  experience,  and  one  who  has  sufficient 
knowledge  of  physical  conditions  as  to  understand  the 
proper  relation  and  use  of  all  the  muscles  involved  (the 
diaphragm,  the  pectorals,  costal,  intercostal,  and  dorsal), 
and  who  knows  how  to  focus  and  place  the  voice  without 
contracting  the  throat  or  other  muscles.  Satisfactory  re- 
sults can  only  be  secured  by  great  skill  on  the  part  of  the 
instructor,  and  wise  discrimination  on  the  part  of  the 
student.  Solfeggi  and  other  vocal  exercises  from  emi- 
nent voice-builders  will  be  employed,  together  with  Eng- 
lish, German,  French,  and  Italian  songs  and  ballads, 
leading  up  to  the  oratorio  and  the  opera.  Pupils  thus 
become  practical  singers,  and  this  acquaintance  with  the 
best  vocal  works  prepares  them  for  the  oratorio  and  the 
operatic  stage.    This  course  requires  three  years. 

VIOLIN,  VIOLA,  VIOLONCELLO 

Probably  no  other  instruments  require  so  much  patient 
and  unremitting  toil  in  their  mastery  as  those  above 
mentioned;  and  none  are  so  well  adapted  for  the  expres- 
sion of  all  shades  of  musical  feeling  or  so  nearly  resem- 
ble the  human  voice  with  all  its  possibilities  of  tone-col- 
oring. 

The  courses  offered  for  the  viola  and  'cello  are  as  com- 
.  prehensive  and  thorough  as  those  of  other  departments. 

The  course  for  the  viola  requires  only  about  two  terms, 
the  pursuance  of  which  will  greatly  increase  the  useful- 
ness of  the  violinist. 

The  violoncello  and  double  bass  may  be  studied  in 
courses  corresponding  to  the  general  plan  of  other 
stringed  instruments. 


40  The  University  of  Nebraska 

There  will  be  an  ensemble  class  in  this  department 
with  weekly  rehearsals,  and  those  who  are  sufficiently 
advanced  will  be  admitted  to  the  University  orchestra— 
a  training  field  invaluable 'to  the  student  for  signt  read- 
ing and  in  developing  a  musician-taste. 

THE   ORGAN 

This  department  is  under  the  personal  supervision  of 
the  Director.  This  greatest  and  most  complete  of  all 
musical  instruments,  not  yet  fully  appreciated,  has  no 
comparison  for  grandeur  and  variety  of  effect,  and  is 
fast  becoming  a  popular  concert  instrument.  As  an  aux- 
iliary to  church  worship,  no  instrument  or  combination 
of  instruments  approaches  it. 

Students  cannot  profitably  take  up  the  study  of  this 
instrument  until  they  have  acquired  a  good  technique  in 
the  study  of  the  pianoforte. 

The  course  includes  Rinck's  School,  Buck's  phrasing 
studies,  pedal  studies  by  Volckmar,  lessons  in  interlude 
playing,  modulation  and  registration,  sonatas  of  Merkel 
and  Mendelssohn,  and  the  best  compositions  of  French, 
German,  and  English  writers. 

A  two-manual  pedal  organ  is  at  the  service  of  stu- 
dents. It  is  sufficiently  large  to  display  the  principles  of 
organ  playing  and  arrangements  for  the  use  of  larger 
organs  may  be  made. 

The  magnificent  organ  which  was  on  exhibition  at  the 
Trans-Mississippi  Exposition,  and  which  was  manufac- 
tured by  the  M.  P.  Moeller  Organ  Company,  of  Hagers- 
town,  Md.,  has  been  presented  to  the  University  by 'the 

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The  Affiliated  School  of  Music  41 

generosity  of  its  alumni,  and  is  now  temporarily  located 
in  Grant  Memorial  Hall. 

This  organ  is  a  thoroughly  modern  instrument,  having 
three  manuals,  forty-five  stops,  radiating  pedals,  pneu- 
matic action,  and  composition  pedals,  it  is  architectu- 
rally beautiful  and  is  without  doubt  one  of  the  finest  in- 
struments in  the  west. 

WIND   INSTRUMENTS 

Competent  instructors  are  provided  for  those  desir- 
ing to  study  the  clarinet,  flute,  cornet,  and  band  instru- 
ments. These  may  be  taken  as  electives  by  those  pursu- 
ing the  regular  course. 

Guitar,  mandolin,  and  banjo  are  taught  by  special  in- 
structors. In  view  of  the  increasing  interest  in  these 
beautiful,  though  minor,  instruments  no  pains  will  be 
spared  to  secure  to  the  student  the  highest  accomplish- 
ment possible. 

PIANO    TUNING 

This  is  a  field  insufficiently  covered,  and  presents  to 
young  women  as  well  as  young  men  an  opportunity  to 
gain  useful  knowledge  which  is  in  constant  demand,  es- 
pecially in  the  West  where  tuners  are  few  and  their  abil- 
ity in  many  cases  far  below  the  demands  of  the  public. 
Taken  in  connection  with  history  of  the  piano,  with 
harmony,  sight  reading,  and  practical  work  with  all 
keyed  instruments,  piano  tuning  may  be  pursued  in  a 
more  scientific  manner  than  at  a  factory,  where,  at  the 
end  of  a  tedious  apprenticeship,  no  knowledge  has  been 
acquired  of  different  manufactures,  of  its  history  and 


42  The  University  of  Nebraska 

relative  importance,  nor  of  the  collateral  and  indispensa- 
ble knowledge  of  sight  reading.  The  course  covers  one 
year  and  will  include  a  regular  course  of  sight  reading 
(vocal),  setting  temperament,  and  other  principles  and 
practice  of  tuning,  four  terms  of  harmony  and  history, 
construction  of  the  different  methods  of  stringing  and 
mechanism,  reed  organ  tuning,  voicing,  and  regulating. 
Students  cannot  be  admitted  to  this  course  for  less 
than  one  year,  and  no  student  will  be  admitted  who  can- 
not readily  distinguish  different  degrees  of  pitch. 

LECTURES 

Among  the  free  advantages  is  a  course  of  lectures 
upon  musical  topics  by  instructors  of  the  School  of 
Music  and  the  University.  Attendance  upon  this  course 
will  be  required  from  all  regular  students. 

CONCERTS 

During  the  school  year  a  number  of  concerts  will  be 
given,  viz:  The  Choral  series:  University  chorus  and 
soloists  in  oratorio;  Artists'  series:  Performers  from 
abroad  and  the  faculty;  Chamber-music  series:  String 
trios,  quartettes,  and  quintettes;  semi-public  soirees  by 
instructors  and  pupils;  weekly  recitals  by  pupils  for  the 
acquirement  of  self-possession. 

UNIVERSITY    WORK 

For  students  in  regular  University  courses  the  studies 
of  piano,  voice  culture,  violin,  or  organ,  together  with 
the  science  of  music,  are  made  elective.    See  page 

Students  of  the  School  may  be  matriculated  as  stu- 


The  Affiliated  School  of  Music  43 

dents  of  the  University,  without  examination,  upon  the 
payment  of  the  usual  fee  of  five  dollars.  This  will  en- 
title them  to  free  instruction  in  all  University  courses 
which  they  are  prepared  to  enter,  and  will  give  them 
all  library,  laboratory,  and  gymnasium  privileges  of  Uni- 
versity students.  This  is  one  of  the  most  striking  feat- 
ures of  the  School.  It  thus  combines  with  music  train- 
ing, sound  general  education  to  the  student,  at  very 
slight  additional  expense. 

ADVANTAGES 

The  advantages  in  connection  with  University  privi- 
leges are  too  numerous  to  mention  here.  The  following, 
however,  are  worthy  of  notice:  Sight-reading,  chorus 
classes;  lectures  on  history  and  other  topics  relating  to 
music;  orchestral  practice;  ensemble  classes,  prima 
vista  reading  piano  classes.  These,  taken  in  connection 
with  gymnasium,  art  privileges,  use  of  libraries  and 
reading  room,  are  invaluable  advantages  which  can  only 
be  fully  appreciated  by  those  who  have  been  obliged  to 
pay  extra  for  them  in  other  schools. 

FEES 

Tuition    varies    with   'the    instructors.      A    complete 
schedule  of  fees  will  be  sent  on  application. 


44  The  University  of  Nebraska 


SPECIAL  COLLEGIATE  COURSES 


TEACHERS'  COURSE 

REQUIREMENTS    FOR    ADMISSION 

This  course  may  be  elected  by  juniors  and  seniors 
pursuing  regular  courses  in  the  College  of  Literature, 
Science,  and  the  Arts  and  the  Industrial  College. 

It  is  also  open  for  all  graduates  of  the  advanced 
course  of  the  State  Normal  School  who  have  had  at 
least  one  year's  experience  in  teaching ;  to  all  graduates 
of  the  state  high  schools,  accredited  by  the  University, 
who  have  had  at  least  two  years'  experience  in  teaching, 
and  to  others  who  can  satisfy  the  heads  of  the  depart- 
ments concerned  that  they  are  sufficiently  qualified  to 
pursue  the  work  with  credit  and  with  profit. 

AIM 

The  aim  of  the  course  is  to  offer  an  opportunity  to  all 
those  regular  students  who  intend  to  enter  the  pro- 
fession of  teaching,  and  who  wish,  during  their  col- 
lege course,  by  special  and  professional  study,  to  prepare 
for  positions  of  supervision  and  teaching  in  departments 
of  higher  education. 

It  also  offers  an  opportunity  to  a  large  body  of  quali- 
fied teachers  who  wish  to  increase  their  efficiency  by  a 
more  extended  scholarship  and  a  more  thorough  study 


Special  Collegiate  Courses  45 

of  educational  problems  in  which  they  are  particularly 
interested. 

REQUIREMENTS 

The  course  covers  two  years'  work,  or  a  total  of  thir- 
teen University  courses,  to  be  divided  as  follows: 

a.  Special  Knowledge.  The  completion  of  work 
amounting  normally  to  five  University  courses  in  a  sub- 
ject or  group  of  closely  allied  subjects  which  the  student 
expects  to  teach;  the  ultimate  decision  as  to  the  group 
of  subjects  and  the  student's  proficiency  resting  with 
the  head  of  the  department  most  directly  concerned. 

The  above  work  will  include  some  instruction  by  the 
department  with  reference  to  the  teaching  of  these  sub- 
jects in  the  secondary  schools. 

o.  Professional  Knowledge.  The  completion  of  work 
in  pedagogy  amounting  'to  two  and  two-fifths  courses, 
and  of  work  in  psychology  amounting  to  one  and  one- 
fifth  courses;  the  courses  to  be  designated  by  the  heads 
of  the  departments  concerned. 

c.  General  Knowledge.  Additional  work  sufficient  to 
represent  four  and  two-fifths  courses  (exclusive  of  the 
work  representing  special  or  professional  knowledge)  to 
be  elected  by  the  student  from  the  departments  of  the 
University,  under  the  advice  of  the  head  of  the  depart- 
ment of  pedagogy  and  the  head  of  the  department  with 
whom  the  student  is  taking  his  special  work. 

The  University  Teachers'  Certificate  will  be  granted 
to  such  graduates  of  the  University  as  have  satisfac- 
torily completed  all  the  requirements  of  the  Teachers' 


46  The  University  of  Nebraska 

Course  as  outlined  above,  and  have  shown  such  marked 
proficiency  in  the  special  and  professional  subjects  as 
to  justify  the  Faculty  in  recommending  them  for  the 
profession  of  teaching. 

Students  not  graduates  of  the  University  completing 
this  course  will  receive  a  statement  of  the  fact,  and  be 
given  proper  credit  for  the  work  towards  a  degree. 

The  University  Teachers'  Certificate  is  recognized 
by  the  proper  authorities  in  a  number  of  states  as 
sufficient  evidence  upon  which  to  gran't  a  teacher's  li- 
cense without  further  examination.  Under  section  10 
(4792)  of  the  school  law  of  Nebraska  as  amended  in  180.7 
the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  is  au- 
thorized to  grant  State  Teachers'  Certificates  to  such 
graduates  of  the  University  as  have  complied  with  the 
above  requirements. 

The  law  reads  as  follows: 

"That  all  graduates  of  the  University  of  Nebraska,  holding 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  or  Bachelor  of  Science,  and  in 
addition  thereto  certificates  authorized  by  the  Board  of  Eegents 
showing  that  such  graduates  have  completed  the  courses  of  in- 
struction prescribed  by  the  Eegents  and  Faculty  of  said  Uni- 
versity for  the  special  training  and  instruction  of  teachers,  shall 
be  accredited  as  qualified  teachers  within  the  meaning  of  the 
school  law  of  this  state;  and  all  such  graduates  shall  have  equal 
privileges,  upon  equal  conditions,  with  graduates  from  any  and 
all  other  educational  institutions  within  this  state,  under  the 
school  law  thereof.  Said  certificates  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
valid  as  certificates  of  the  first  grade,  to  teach  in  public  schools 
in  the  State  of  Nebraska,  for  a  period  of  three  years  from  their 
date. 

"After  three  years  of  actual  teaching,  the  certificates  of  the 
graduates  of  the  University  of  Nebraska,  mentioned  in  section 


Special  Collegiate  Courses  47 

one  of  this  Act,  shall  be  countersigned  by  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction  upon  satisfactory  evidence  that 
the  service  of  the  applicant  has  been  successful  and  such  coun- 
tersignature shall  make  such  certificates  permanent;  provided, 
that  said  countersignature  may  be  canceled  and  its  legal  effect 
annulled  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  upon  sat- 
isfactory evidence  of  disqualification;  provided  further,  that  such 
certificates  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  for  lapsing  set 
forth  in  section  four,  subdivision  IX.,  of  the  school  laws." 


COURSE  PREPARATORY  TO  LAW  AND  JOUR- 
NALISM 

REQUIREMENTS    FOR    ADMISSION 

Applicants  for  admission  to  this  course  must  meet 
the  requirements  for  admission  to  the  regular  under- 
graduate courses. 

The  course  presumes  much  more  maturity  and  special 
preparation  than  is  expected  in  those  entering  the  lower 
classes  of  the  University,  and  students  should  consult 
the  heads  of  the  departments  concerned  before  regis- 
tering for  the  work. 

FIRST  YEAE 

FIRST    SEMESTER 

American  History,  3:   1785-1829 3  hours 

English,    1    ~ 

English,    3    2 

English  Literature,  5:  General  English  Literature 3 

or 

Science :    (Elective)    3 

Political  Science,  1:  Elementary  Political  Economy 3 

Political  Science,  15:  English  Economic  History 3 


48  The  University  of  Nebraska 

SECOND   SEMESTER 

American  History,  4:   1S29-1865 3  hours 

English,   2  and  4 4 

English  Literature,  6:  Continuation  of  Course  5 3 

or 
Science:     (Elective)  Continuation  of  work  of  first  semes- 
ter     2       " 

Political  Science,  14 3 

Political   Science,   16:    Economic   History   of  the  United 
States   - 3 

SECOND  YEAK 

FIRST   SEMESTER 

American  History,  9:   Constitutional  History 3  hours 

American  History,  11:    Constitutional  Law 3 

English,  11:  Public  Speaking  (Law) 2 

or 

English,  15:  Journalism  (Journalism)    2 

Philosophy,  3 :    Logic 3 

Political    Science,    5:    Financial    History    of    the    United 

States    3 

Political  Science,  9:  Municipal  Government 3 

SECOND   SEMESTER 

American  History,  10 ' 3  hours. 

American  History,  12 3 

English:  Continuation  of  work  of  first  semester 2  or  3 

Philosophy,  4 2 

Political  Science,  10:  Money,  Banking,  and  Bimetallism ..  3 
Political  Science,  12 :    Taxation 3 


COURSE  PREPARATORY  TO  MEDICINE 

REQUIREMENTS    FOR   ADMISSION 

Applicants  for  admission  to  this  course  must  pass 
satisfactory  examinations  in  elementary  English  gram- 
mar, including  spelling,  capitalization,  punctuation,  and 


Special  Collegiate  Courses  49 

pronunciation;  arithmetic,- algebra  complete,  plane  ge- 
ometry; descriptive  and  physical  geography;  elemen- 
tary United  States  history;  elementary  Latin  and 
twenty-nine  chapters  of  the  first  book  of  Caesar;  and 
elementary  botany,  chemistry,  and  physics. 

Some  medical  colleges  in  the  country  require  a  col- 
lege degree  'for  entrance,  while  in  all  the  medical  col- 
leges the  requirements  are  being  steadily  raised,  and  all 
students  who  can  are  advised  to  take  the  full  college 
course  (Industrial  College  Group  3)  electing  the  sub- 
jects specified  below. 

Nevertheless,  there  are  some  students  to  whom,  for 
various  rasons,  the  full  college  course  is  an  impossi- 
bility. To  such  students  this  course  offers  that  part  of 
college  training  which  is  of  great  technical  value,  and 
which  is  most  immediately  connected  with  the  subse- 
quent work  of  the  medical  school.  The  work  outlined 
is  in  large  part  that  which  is  included  in  the  general 
study  of  the  first  year  in  the  best  schools. 

Students  who  are  registered  in  regular  groups  of  the 
College  of  Literature,  Science,  and  the  Arts,  or  the  In- 
dustrial College  can  elect  this  work  and,  in  such  case,  it 
is  advisable  to  distribute  the  work  of  the  two  years  out- 
lined below  over  the  four  years  of  the  college  course,  so 
far  as  possible. 

FIRST  YEAR 

FIRST   SEMESTER 

Botany,  2:    Structural  and  Physiological,  continued 3  hours 

Chemistry,  1:  Study  of  the  Metallic  Elements 2 

English,  1:  Rhetoric  and  English  Composition 2 

Hygiene,   1    " 


50  The  University  of  Nebraska 


Physics,  1:  Mechanics,  Sound,  and  Heat. 
Zoology,  1:  General  elementary  course.. 
Zoology,  3:  General  Physiology 


SECOND    SEMESTER 

Botany,  2:  Structural  and  Physiological,  continued 3  hours 

Chemistry,    2:     Study    of    the    Metallic    Elements,    con- 
tinued  2 

English,    2:     Rhetoric    and    English    Composition,    con- 
tinued   2 

Physics,  2:  Mechanics,  Sound,  and  Heat,  continued 3 

Zoology,  2:  General  elementary  course,  continued 3 

Zoology,  8a :   Osteology 2 

Zoology,  4:  General  Physiology,  continued 2 

SECOND  YEAR 

/         FIRST   SEMESTER 

Botany,  19:   Pharmaceutical  Botany 2  hours 

Chemistry,  3 :  Organic  Chemistry 3 

Philosophy,  1 :   Introductory  Course  in  Psychology 3 

Physics,     3:      Experimental     Physics;      continuation     of 

Courses  1  and  2 2 

Zoology,  5:  Invertebrate  Morphology 4 

Zoology,  9 :  Normal  Histology 2 

Zoology,   13 :    Neurology 2 

SECOND    SEMESTER 

Botany,  20:  Pharmaceutical,  continued 2  hours 

Chemistry,  4:  Organic  Chemistry,  continued 3 

Philosophy,  2:   Introductory  Course  in  Psychology,  con- 
tinued    3 

Physics,  4:  Experimental  Physics,  continued 2 

Zoology,  8:   Comparative  Anatomy  of  the  Vertebrates. .  .4 

Zoology,  10:  Vertebrate  Embryology 2 

Zoology,    14:    Neurology 2 

Students  completing  this  course  will  receive  certifi- 
cates of  their  proficiency,  and  by  special  arrangement 
are  admitted  (without  preliminary  or  entrance  examina- 


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51 


lions)  to  the  third  year  and  second  course  of  lectures 
of  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Medicine  and  Surgery;  to 
the  second  rear  in  the  Boston  University  School  of  Medi- 
cine, the  Medical  School  of  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, Omaha  Medical  College,  Creighton  Medical  Col- 
lege, Hahnemann  Medical  College  and  Hospital  of 
Chicago,  and  the  Northwestern  Medical  School  (Chi- 
cago Medical  College);  and  to  the  first  year  in  the  St. 
Louis  Medical  College,  and  the  Department  of  Medicine 
and  Surgery,  University  of  Michigan. 

THE    PREPARATORY    MEDICAL    SOCIETY 

This  society  was  organized  for  the  encouragement  of 
a  medical  school  in  the  University  at  some  future  'time, 
and  for  the  sake  of  placing  in  some  united  relationship 
with  the  other  student  bodies  of  the  University,  those 
students  in  the  Course  Preparatory  to  Medicine. 


COURSE  IN  PHYSICAL  EDUCATION 

This  course  may  be  elected  by  second,  third,  and  fourth 
years  pursuing  regular  courses  in  the  College  of  Lit- 
erature, Science,  and  the  Arts,  and  the  Industrial  Col- 
lege. Students  expecting  later  to  elect  this  course  should 
follow  the  suggested  order  of  University  Courses  out- 
lined for  the  General  Scientific  Group.  This  course  is 
open  also  to  graduates  of  other  colleges,  to  all  graduates 
of  the  advanced  course  of  the  State  Normal  School,  and, 
under  special  circumstances,  to  a  limited  number  of  un- 
biassed students. 

The  course  is  designed  to  meet  the  need  of  students 


52  The  University  of  Nebraska 

who  wish  to  prepare  for  the  work  of  Physical  Director  in? 
colleges,  secondary  schools,  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociations, and  Young  Women's  Christian  Associations. 
It  is  intended  also  to  prepare  teachers  designing  Phys- 
ical Training  as  an  accessory  subjedt  to  their  equipment 
for  preparatory  schools  and  public  schools,. including 
high,  grammar,  and  primary  school  grades.  So  rapid  is 
the  advance  of  the  latent  and  best  views  of  public  edu- 
cation in  Nebraska  that  a  very  few  years  should  make 
Physical  Education  a  necessary  part  of  the  preparation, 
of  every  well-trained  teacher. 

Students  preparing  for  physical  work  in  Y.  M.  C.  A.s 
and  Y.  W.  C.  A.'s  will  find  it  possible  to  obtain  most  of 
the  accessory  training  in  the  English  Bible  in  special 
courses  at  the  University.  Association  technique  may 
be  obtained  by  spending  a  half  year  at  Association  fitting 
schools. 

REQUIREMENTS    FOR    ADMISSION 

For  those  students  who  are  candidates  for  a  college  de- 
gree and  who  desire  a  regular  certificate  for  a  course  in 
Physical  Education,  the  four  years'  work  should  be  dis- 
tributed as  follows:  for  the  first  year  the  courses  out- 
lined for  that  year  in  the  General  Scientific  Group;  for 
the  second,  third,  and  fourth  years  the  required  work  of 
the  General  Scientific  Group,  with  two  exceptions,  zo- 
ology Courses  1,  2,  3,  and  4,  are  to  be  substituted  for 
botany  and  geology  required  in  this  group. 

Electives  are  to  be  applied  each  year  to  the  special  and 
professional  work  outlined  below  under  the  Course  in 
Phvsical  Education. 


Special  Collegiate  Courses  53 


COUESE  IN  PHYSICAL  EDUCATION 

SECOND   YEAR 

First  Semester 

Hygiene,   1    2  nours% 

Physical      Education-Theory,    la:      Measurements      and 

Charts    1  n°ur 

Physical  Education-Practice,  13:   Hygienic  Gymnastics ..  1 
Physical  Education-Practice,  19:    Special  Athletic  Train- 
ing   ^ 

5  hours 
Second  Semester 

Physical  Education-Theory,  2:    Course  1,  continued 1  hour 

Physical  Education-Practice,  14:   Continuation  of  Course 
1    1       " 


Physical  Education-Practice,  20:   Continuation  of  Course 


19 


1 


Zoology,  8a:  Comparative  Osteology 2  hours 

5  hours 

THIRD    YEAR 

First  Semester 
Physical    Education-Theory,    3:     Physiology    of    Bodily 

Exercise 3  k°urs 

Physical  Education-Theory,  5:  Physical  Diagnosis 2 

Physical   Education-Practice,    15:    Educational    Gymnas- 
tics   JLhour 

6  hours 
Second  Semester 

Physical  Education-Theory,  6:  Prescription  of  Exercise. 2  hours 

Physical   Education-Theory,    10:    Kinesiology ...3 

Physical    Education-Practice,    16:    Educational    Gymnas- 
tics   ^  hour 

6  hours 

FOURTH   YEAR 

First  Semester 
Physical  Education-Theory,   3a:    Training 1  hour 


54  The  University  of  Nebraska 

Physical  Education-Theory,  9:  Methods  and  Equipment,  2  hours. 
Physical    Education-Theory,     11:     History    of    Physical 

Education    3       « 

Physical  Education-Practice,   17:    Leader's  Practice 1  hour 

*  7  hours 

Second  Semester 

Pedagogy,    8:    Educational   Psychology 2  hours 

Physical  Education-Theory,   4:    Emergencies 1  hour 

Physical  Education-Theory,  12:   Anthropometry 3  hours 

Physical  Education-Practice,  18:   Leader's  Practice l  hour 

7  hours 

Young  women  will  substitute  Course  7  for  Military 
Drill  and  Course  8  for  Physical  Education-Practice 
Courses  19  and  20. 

Students  not  taking  college  degrees  or  holding  such 
from  institutions  of  equal  rank,  who  are  permitted  to 
take  the  courses  in  Physical  Education,  will  complete  the 
work  prescribed  below.  Such  unclassed  students  will  be 
required  to  take  the  following  preparation  for  this 
course: 

Chemistry,  1  and  2 4.5  Courses. 

English,  1  and  2 4.5         " 

Physics,  1  and  2 6.5         « 

Military  Drill,  1  and  2 2-5 


Total    31. 


PRESCRIBED   WORK   IN   PHYSICAL    EDUCATION    FOR   UN- 
CLASSED  STUDENTS 

FIRST  YEAR 

First  Semester 

English,  — .:    (second  year) 3  hours 

Hygiene,  1:  Natural,  Public,  and  Personal 2      M 

Physical     Education-Theory,     la:      Measurements     and 
Charts    !  hour 


Special  Collegiate  Courses  53 

Physical  Theory,  3:  Physiology  of  Bodily  Exercise 3  hours 

Physical  Practice,  13:  Hygienic  Gymnastics 1  hour 

Physical  Practice,  19:   Special  Athletic  Training 1 

Zoology,  1:    Introductory  Course 3  hours 

Zoology,    3 :    Physiology 2 

16  " 
Second  Semester 

Drill,  — :   Military   (second  year) 1  hour 

English,  — :    (second  year) 3  hours 

Physical      Education-Theory,      2:       Measurements      and 

Charts    , 1  hour 

Physical  Theory,   10:    Kinesiology 3  hours 

Physical   Education-Practice,    14:    Hygienic   Gymnastics, 

continued 1  nour 

Physical  Practice,  20:   Special  Athletic  Training,  contin- 
ued    ^ 

Zoology,  2:   Introductory  Course,  continued 3  hours 

Zoology,  4:    Physiology,   continued 2 

Zoology,  8a:   Osteology 2 

17  " 
SECOND   YEAR 

First  Semester 

Philosophy,  1:   General  Psychology 3  hours 

Physical  Education-Theory,   5:    Physical  Diagnosis 2 

Physical  Education-Theory,   3a:    Training 1  hour 

Physical  Education-Theory,  9:  Methods  and  Equipment. 2  hours 
Physical  Education-Theory,  11:   History  and  Philosophy 

of   Physical    Education 3 

Physical    Education-Practice,    15:    Educational    Gymnas- 
tics     1  hour 

Physical  Education-Practice,  17:   Leader's  Practice 1 

Zoology,   11 :    Mammalian  Anatomy 3  hours 

16       " 
Second  Semester 

Pedagogy,  8:   Educational  Psychology 2  hours 

Philosophy,  — :   Physiological  Psychology 3 

Physical  Training-Theory,  6:  Prescription  of  Exercise... 2 


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Physical  Training-Theory,  4:    Emergencies 1  hour 

Physical  Training-Theory,   12:    Anthropometry 3  hours 

Physical    Training-Practice,    16:     Educational    Gymnas- 
tics,  continued    1  hour 

Physical   Training-Practice,    18:    Leader's   Practice,    con- 
tinued    1  hour 

Zoology,  12:   Mammalian  Anatomy,  continued 3  hours 

16       " 

A  University  certificate  of  the  completion  of  this 
course  in  Physical  Education  will  be  granted  to  gradu- 
ates of  the  University  who  have  satisfied  all  the  require- 
ments of  the  above  courses  and  whose  faithful  work  in 
general,  special,  and  professional  subjects  proclaim  them 
worthy  to  receive  from  the  faculty  such  a  recommenda- 
tion. 

Graduates  from  other  Universities,  and  Colleges  of 
equal  rank  with  The  University  of  Nebraska  will  receive 
a  like  certificate  upon  the  same  terms  as  graduates  of 
this  institution. 

Students  not  graduates  of  the  University  or  of  institu- 
tions of  equal  rank  who  complete  this  course  will  receive 
a  statement  to  that  effect  and  be  given  credit  for  the 
work  towards  a  degree. 


